A new study released by the GC’s Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies shows that the percentage of the U.S. population with a bachelor’s degree or higher increased by 40 percent and that high school dropout rates decreased by 44 percent between 1990 and 2010. Read more

Ph.D. student Jack Norton (Earth and Environmental Sciences), who studies prisons and development in northern New York, was quoted in a Nation feature on the recent trend of selling former prisons to private foundations and other nonprofits. Read more

In a prominent essay for The Atlantic, Ph.D. student Lawrence Cappello (History) describes how the release of Hillary Clinton’s emails signals a sharp break from the confidentiality traditionally afforded to top officials. Read more

Students in the Ph.D. Program in Classics have received a notably high percentage of honors and awards of late, with 15 of 20 eligible students recognized by peer-reviewed journals, at conferences, and in fellowship competitions. Read more